Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni spoke from the Knesset plenum on Monday amid discussions regarding the approval of the state budget. Gafni addressed the rampant incitement in recent days against the Chareidi sector, noting the hypocrisy of opposition politicians, who refrained from any criticism of the Chareidim prior to the elections when they still had hope that the Chareidi parties would join them. “In the last elections, there wasn’t a word against Charedim,” Gafni said. “They said I was a leftist and met with Lapid and Gantz and hoped that we would go with the left. If we would have gone with them, we would have seen numerous reports about why Israel needs lomdei Torah! How can you say that you want democracy?

The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah put on a show of force Sunday, extending a rare media invitation to one of its training sites in southern Lebanon, where its forces staged simulated terror exercises. Masked fighters jumped through flaming hoops, fired from the backs of motorcycles, simulated the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, and blew up Israeli flags posted in the hills above and a wall simulating the one at the border between Lebanon and Israel. The exercise came ahead of “Liberation Day,” the annual celebration of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon on May 25, 2000, and in the wake of a recent escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. Militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, has long had ties with Hezbollah.

Three Israelis were moderately injured and ten were lightly injured in a bus accident in Haifa on Monday afternoon. Dashcam footage revealed how the accident occurred. A driver in a private car was trying to switch lanes into the one the bus was driving and collided with the bus, causing the driver to lose control. The bus veered from its lane and onto the sidewalk, smashing streetlights and hitting several pedestrians. The bus driver, a pedestrian, and one of the bus passengers are in moderate condition and the others are in light condition. All of the victims were fully conscious and suffering mainly from cuts and bruises.

Hundreds of IDF soldiers and Border Guard officers carried out a counterterrorism operation guided by Shin Bet intelligence information in the Balata refugee camp, near Shechem, overnight Sunday. Israeli forces destroyed an explosives laboratory, searched dozens of homes and seized weapons, and arrested seven wanted terror suspects. In the course of the operation, Palestinian terrorists opened fire at Israeli forces and a gun battle ensued. Three terrorists were killed and at least six others were injured, one critically and two seriously. B’Chasdei Hashem, there are no injuries among IDF forces.

In a recent development surrounding the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, a former White House attorney from the Trump administration has made a bold prediction. Ty Cobb, who served as a White House attorney from 2017 to 2018, has stated that he believes Donald Trump “will go to jail” as the investigation unfolds. Cobb’s comments come in response to an exclusive report by CNN, which revealed that the National Archives planned to provide records to special counsel Jack Smith. These records allegedly demonstrate that Trump and his advisors were aware of the proper declassification procedure. Acting archivist Debra Steidel Wall penned a letter to the former president on May 16, which was obtained by CNN.

The incitement against Chareidim and religious people on the background of the government’s efforts to pass the state budget is rising to unprecedented heights in recent days. In the most recent outrageous statements, former Shin Bet chief Carmi Gillon spoke on Motzei Shabbos at a protest against the judicial reform and lashed out at Chareidi and Dati Leumi MKs. “The Chareidi and Dati Leumi politicians are the Jewish Jihad,” he said. “They’re a definite existential threat to the State of Israel.” He also attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, saying: “Bibi, go on your way with a mark of disgrace on your forehead.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday morning spoke out against the rampant incitement against the Chareidi sector in recent days on the background of the government’s efforts to pass the state budget and the coalition funds promised to the Chareidi MKs. Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said: “Chareidi and Dati children shouldn’t receive less than secular children. A Chareidi child is not half a child.” “No one should see the blasphemy on television and cartoons that are a copy-paste of antisemitic propaganda.

The Women of the Wall group engaged in their monthly provocation on Sunday morning, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, and tried to bring in a Sefer Torah to the Kosel plaza, which is forbidden according to Israeli law. They were stopped from doing so by the Kosel security guards. “A small group of Women of the Wall members came to the Kosel plaza and stirred up a provocation and turned the Kosel into a place of machlokes,” a statement from the Western Wall Heritage Foundation said. “A Sefer Torah was carried in and an attempt was made to bring it in a disgraceful way into the plaza.

Media personality Galit Gutman caused a huge furor on Friday morning when she said on Channel 12’s Keshet TV program that Charedim are “bloodsuckers who are milking Israeli society” in reference to the funds promised to the Chareidi parties in coalition agreements. Media personality Ariel Schnabel responded by stating: “Galit Gutman isn’t the story. The story is that there is only one Western country where it’s possible to say on TV that a certain group of people are ‘bloodsuckers’ without a huge scandal breaking out. What a disgrace to the Israeli media, a disgrace to those who consider themselves ‘liberal’. Look what hatred comes out of you. Where will you end up?” Radio 103FM host Erel Segal said.

As he prepares to launch his 2024 bid for the presidency, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is beginning to make pointed contrasts between himself and former president Donald Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. In a call with donors and supporters on Thursday, DeSantis said there are only three “credible” candidates in 2024 – and only two have any shot of winning. “You have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing,” DeSantis said. “Biden, Trump, and me.